France asks for foreign police and military help with massive Paris Olympics security challenge (apnews.com)
IMF confirms increasing Egypt's bailout loan to $8 billion (apnews.com)
Putin wants Berlin assassin Vadim Krasikov. but prisoner swap is murky (www.bbc.co.uk)
Chance Perdomo: British-American actor, 27, dies in motorcycle accident (www.bbc.co.uk)
The Brazilian farm workers exploited to harvest an everyday ingredient (www.bbc.co.uk)
Houthis sentence 9 men to death on dubious 'sodomy' charges in Yemen (news.yahoo.com)
Is Germany targeting Jewish voices? (thespectator.com)
Germany finds itself in a situation where it is being asked to side with some Jews against others....
Slovakia’s brain drain picks up pace under populist leader Robert Fico (www.theguardian.com)
Although Marek Mikič spent a few years studying and working abroad, he never expected to leave his native Slovakia permanently. He had a group of close friends and a music festival to run in the eastern town of Košice....
Taiwan’s Indigenous tribes could hold the key to its independence (www.politico.eu)
By calling for conquest, Xi has made an enemy of the Taiwan’s tribes, which rightfully say their ancestors inhabited the island long before the dawn of the Chinese era....
Belgium’s renowned chocolatiers grapple with soaring cocoa prices (www.politico.eu)
You famously never know what you’re going to get when you open a box of chocolates. But for Belgium, a state that’s synonymous with the high-end confectionery, soaring cocoa prices are making life for the nation’s chocolate aficionados even more uncertain than usual....
The UK Is Using a New Definition of “Extremism” to Repress Palestine Solidarity (truthout.org)
Russia launches barrage of 99 drones and missiles on Ukraine’s energy system, officials say (apnews.com)
Moscow launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure Friday, with a mass barrage of 99 drones and missiles hitting regions across the country, Ukraine’s armed forces said....
Niagara region declares emergency to prepare for eclipse viewers (www.theguardian.com)
Total solar eclipse on 8 April will be first to touch province since 1979, and Niagara Falls is declared one of the best places to view...
US-funded Radio Free Asia shuts down in Hong Kong over safety concerns (www.nbcnews.com)
US-funded Radio Free Asia (RFA) has closed its Hong Kong bureau over safety concerns for its staff in the wake of a new national security law known as Article 23....
UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law, claims top Tory in leaked recording (www.theguardian.com)
Marvin Gaye: Never-before heard music resurfaces in Belgium (www.bbc.co.uk)
Netanyahu faces Israel coalition crisis over drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews (www.politico.eu)
Jeffrey Donaldson: From the White House to Antrim police station (www.bbc.co.uk)
U.S. Ambassador Issues Rare Statement On Warning Before Russia's Crocus Massacre (www.rferl.org)
The U.S. ambassador to Russia on March 29 issued an unusual diplomatic statement refuting Russian government claims about information that the United States shared with Russia ahead of the terrorist attack last week on a concert hall outside Moscow that killed more than 140 people....
Russian journalist who covered Navalny trials jailed on extremism charges (www.theguardian.com)
Moscow court ordered Antonina Favorskaya to remain in custody pending an investigation...
France to charge French-Israelis committing crimes in Gaza (www.newarab.com)
The French Foreign Ministry announced last week that French-Israeli soldiers implicated in war crimes in Gaza will face legal action, Haaretz has reported....
‘Death at any moment’: fights break out as Gazans compete over airdropped aid (www.theguardian.com)
In Indonesia, deforestation is intensifying disasters from severe weather and climate change (apnews.com)
Dutch nightclub hostage drama ends peacefully with arrest of suspect (www.reuters.com)
“Several people, including employees, had been taken hostage at the Cafe Petticoat in the town of Ede early on Saturday morning. The motive was unclear....
Palestinian teen shot dead during Israeli West Bank raid, Wafa news agency reports (www.reuters.com)
Israeli forces shot dead a 13-year-old Palestinian boy during a raid in the occupied West Bank...
